Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Alger
| Archdiocese of Alger Archidioecesis Algeriensis | |
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 Map of the Archdiocese of Alger | |
| Location | |
| Country | Algeria |
| Ecclesiastical province | Alger |
| Metropolitan | Algiers |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 54,701 km2 (21,120 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics |
(as of 2012) 10,585,000 1,530 (0.0%) |
| Information | |
| Rite | Roman |
| Established | August 10, 1838 |
| Cathedral | Cathédrale du Sacré-Cœur d'Alger, Algiers |
| Secular priests | 45 |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Archbishop |
Ghaleb Moussa Abdalla Bader Archbishop of Alger |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Ghaleb Moussa Abdalla Bader |
| Website | |
Cathédrale du Sacré-Cœur d'Alger
The basilica of Notre Dame d'Afrique in Algiers
The Archdiocese of Alger or Algiers (Latin: Archidioecesis Algeriensis) is the Metropolitan See for the Ecclesiastical province of Algiers in Algeria.
History
- August 10, 1838: Established as Diocese of Algiers from Diocese of Islas Canarias in Spain
- 1838: United with Diocese of Iulia Caesarea
- July 25, 1866: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Algiers/Alger
Special churches
La Cathédrale du Sacré-Cœur d'Alger (Sacred Heart Cathedral of Algiers) a concrete Modernist church, was built in 1956. It became a cathedral in 1962, replacing the French colonial Cathedral of St. Philip of Algiers, when that 1612 building was reconverted to the Ketchaoua Mosque. The Cathedral of St. Philip of Algiers was established by converting the Ketchaoua Mosque in 1845, but was reconverted to the Ketchaoua Mosque in 1962. There is also a Minor Basilica at the Basilique de Notre Dame d'Afrique in Algiers.
Leadership
- Bishop of Algiers (Roman rite)
- Bishop Antoine-Louis-Adolphe Dupuch (September 13, 1838 – December 9, 1845)
- Metropolitan Archbishops of Algiers (Roman rite)
- Bishop Louis-Antoine-Augustin Pavy (April 16, 1846 – November 16, 1866)
- Cardinal Charles-Martial Allemand-Lavigerie (March 27, 1867 – November 25, 1892)
- Archbishop Prosper Auguste Dusserre (November 26, 1892 – December 30, 1897)
- Archbishop Fédéric-Henri Oury (November 28, 1898 – December 15, 1907)
- Archbishop Barthélemy Clément Combes (January 22, 1909 – January 2, 1917)
- Archbishop Auguste-Fernand Leynaud (January 2, 1917 – August 5, 1953)
- Cardinal Léon-Etienne Duval (February 3, 1954 – April 19, 1988)
- Archbishop Henri Antoine Marie Teissier (April 19, 1988 – May 24, 2008)
- Archbishop Ghaleb Moussa Abdalla Bader (since May 24, 2008)
Suffragan dioceses
See also
Source
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Wikisource has the text of the 1913 Catholic Encyclopedia article Algiers. |
Coordinates: 36°46′03″N 3°03′16″E / 36.7674°N 3.0544°E
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